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The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia fuses the genes for nucleoporin NUP98 and class I homeoprotein HOXA9.

The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation is a recurrent chromosomal abnormality associated primarily with acute myeloid leukaemia ( FAB M2 and M4). We present here the molecular definition of this translocation. On chromosome 7 positional cloning revealed the consistent rearrangement of the HOXA9 gene, which encodes a class I homeodomain protein potentially involved in myeloid differentiation. On chromosome 11 the translocation targets the human homologue of NUP98, a member of the GLFG nucleoporin family. Chimaeric messages spliced over the breakpoint fuse the GLFG repeat domains of NUP98 in-frame to the HOXA9 homeobox. The predicted NUP98- HOXA9 fusion protein may promote leukaemogenesis through inhibition of HOXA9-mediated terminal differentiation and/or aberrant nucleocytoplasmic transport.[1]

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  1. The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia fuses the genes for nucleoporin NUP98 and class I homeoprotein HOXA9. Borrow, J., Shearman, A.M., Stanton, V.P., Becher, R., Collins, T., Williams, A.J., Dubé, I., Katz, F., Kwong, Y.L., Morris, C., Ohyashiki, K., Toyama, K., Rowley, J., Housman, D.E. Nat. Genet. (1996)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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